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I only went with a and b. he said c like he was going to go some more alphabet. >> it was a miracle that she got pregnant. it's a miracle she got three. and the miracle is, all of them are healthy and normal and she is fine. >> reporter: lewis carried the babies to 30 weeks, delivering them by c-section. she did develop preeclampsia, but doctors say she did take great care of herself. that helped tremendously. two of the boys are identical and all were born just about two pounds. after several weeks in the nic-u, mom is glad to take them home. the babies have been breathing on their own since ...

Witne -- rabinotitz, and, the director of pediatric emergency medicine is here at mount sinai hospital, and thanks for being here today. phyllis, first of all, as a dad i cannot imagine your loss, and, so, i begin with my condolences, you had just brought rebecca home from the hospital, she had been discharged after spending some time in the nic-u and tell us what happened. >> my husband, andrew and i rushed her to the emergency room and she thought she was really, really sick, wheezing and lethargic and not eating well and she was really sick and when we took her to the emergency room they we...

Drugs. the problem is getting worse. 2008, 15 babies were anict dollars to the nic-u, addicted to prescription drurks so far this year, that number is 136. according to neonatologist, there is only one way to treat those baby. sue: the drug they need is morphine. that's replacing what they have been getting throughout the pregnancy. you think about it, the babies have been exposed to these drugs for nine months to an adult wouldn't be on narcotics for nine months and go cold turkey. >> you can imagine they have to give the babies these drugs for a long period of time. imagine being on morphine...

All of this causing so much distress for the community, including one hospital, baptist beaumont hospital here. forced into the decision to basically evacuate all of its residents. 193 people were there 24 louhou ago, today less than 80. they moved babies born prematurely. we saw some of those in their nic-u unit or neonatal intensive care unit. they were transferred to c, those little hands and little legs trying to struggle for life. children and babies are so fragile to begin with, but to see these premature babies born, they had to be moved by ambulance to the airport and then they were fl...

I only went with a and b. he said c like he was going to go some morrow alphabet. >> it was a miracle that she got pregnant. it's a miracle she got three. and the miracle is, all of them are healthy and normal and she is final. >> reporter: lewis carried the babies to 30 weeks, delivering them by c-section. she did develop preeclampsia, but doctors say she did take great care of herself. that helped tremendously. two of the boys are identical and all were born just about two pounds. after several weeks in the nic-u, mom is glad to take them home. the babies have been breathing on their own sin...